Game apparatus.



F. W. KLOCK.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1912.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

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GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1012.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

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FRANK W. KLQCK, OF KELTON, UTAH.

GAME APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK WV. KLoon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kelton, in the county of Boxelder and State of Utah, have invented new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in game apparatus.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide a flanged board which is provided with broken curved partitions, the space between the partitions being provided with a wall formed of spaced pins, and being arranged substantially in the shape of a harp, the lower portion of the said wall being cent'ally provided with a pocket, While the board between the opposite walls of the said pocket is provided with a circle which is divided into twelve spaces to represent the face of a clock, the said spaces being further provided with removable arbors or retarding members, as well as with spaced wickets the portion of the board between the converging walls having staggered pins, and the board above the said staggered pins being provided with stops to receive a globular member, a second globular member is provided for playing the game, the object of the game being to whirl the second globular member around the broken wall or partition to cause the same, if possible, to contact with the first globular member to permit of the globular members passing the staggered pins, and to be received within any of the arbors or the pocket provided by the spaced pins, as well as passing through the wickets. The game board is arranged at an inclination, and the points to be gained by the players are ascertained by adding the numerals within which either of the globular members is re ceived, the pocket provided by the harpshaped partition generally, however, indieating the highest score.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a substantially rectangular flanged board, the same having recessed corners provided with pockets formed of netting, and whereby additional games may be played upon the said board.

lVith the above recited objects in view, and others of a similar nature which will Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 27, 1912.

Patented Sept. 2, 1 913.

Serial No. 717,383.

be apparent as the nature of the invention is more fully understood, the improvement resides in the construction, and arrangement of parts set forth in the following description, and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a game board constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view, the wickets and arbors being removed. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the wickets. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the arbors.

The improved game apparatus contour plates the employment of a substantially rectangular base 1, the same being provided with a continuous flange 2. The members comprising the flange are centrally rabbeted to provide grooves 3, which are of a size suflicient to snugly receive the edges of the board 1. The side flanges, adjacent what I will term the top of the board are provided with pivoted legs i, and are further provided with stops 5 for the said legs. These legs are adapted to be swung upon their pivots into contact with the surface upon which the board is placed to sustain the said board at an inclination. The eorners of the board 1 are formed with curved depressions or cut-away portions, the same being adapted to receive and to have secured to the edges thereof pockets (5 which are made of widely woven material, and the said pockets also have their upper edges secured within the rabbeted groove provided upon the inner faces of the flanges 2. The board 1 has at its upper portion a curved flanged member or guide 7, the same being semi-elliptical in form and terminating a suitable distance away from the side flanges 2 of the device. The board is further provided with an arcuate flange S, the same bc ing arranged at the bottom or lower portion oi? the said board, and this guide or flange is also substantially semi-elliptical, but is of a greater area than the guide 7, and the free ends of the guide 8 terminate a suitable distance away from the free ends of the guide 7. Arranged between the ends of the guides 7 and 8, and spaced a suitable distance therefrom are curved flanges 9 and 10, the same providing, what may be termed a broken wall or continuation for the ends of the said guides 7 and 8.

The board between the guide flanges is provided with a partition construe-ted oi spaced pins 11 which are arranged in the term of a harp, the lower port1on of whlch is shaped to provide a substantially semi- .cylindrical pocket 11, the same being arranged at a suitable distance away from the central portion of the guide flange 8'. The board between the lower and'rounded walls of the partition provided by the pinsv 10 has marked thereon a circle 12;,the same depressions arranged in pairs properly spaced adjacent the alternating numerals provided upon the clock face, as for instance, the numeral 12 being the central number, the sald depressions are arranged in the spaces arranged to the opposite sides of the numeral, therefore being arranged in the spaces indicated by the numerals 1 to 11, as well as in the spaces 3, 5, 7 and 9. These depressions are adapted to receive the leg portions 14 of what I term arbor members 15. Each of the arbors is, constructed of a single strip of material, wire. preferred, and comprises'a rounded topportion which really forms a pocket for either of the globular members 16 and 17, which will presently be more fully alluded to.

The legs 1% are arranged at right angles to the rounded or body portion of the arbors, and the said legs are adapted to be arranged in suitable depressions in the base 1, and whereby the arbors are removably arranged upon the board. The board is further pm vided with spaced depressions arranged in pairs, the same being disposed intermediate of the oppositely arranged arbors, and these depressions are adapted to receive the legs of substantially J -shaped wickets 18. The wickets 18 have their legs also arranged in openings provided in the board for their reception, so the said wickets are also removable from the board. The wicl'e ets 18 are preferably centrally bent to provide eyes 19, and attached to each ofthe eyes to obtain a swinging movement is analarm or target 20. The member 20 may be in the form of a bell, ball, or a figure of a human or animal, and the game may be;

played as follows: One of the globular members, 16, is positioned upon the stopsprovid'ed at the mouth of the harp-shaped partition. The second globular 1ne'1'hber'17 is placed centrally of the lower elliptical member of the broken partition, and is whirled by the player, his object being to force the ball 17 around the broken partition to cause the same to be guided by the upper member of the said partition to con- .tact with the ball 16, and thereby force it off itsstops to permit each of the balls traveling between, the staggered pins, and to be received within any of the pockets as "well as passing through the wickets and contacting with the alarm or figure thereon. The )oin,ts of the game may be deter-mined in any desired manner agreeable to the players, The board may be further employed as an amusement device by employing the balls orglobular members in connection with the pockets. In this instance small cues may be employed, or the balls may be whirled around the board in an en deavor to place the same in a desired pocket, or to keep the'same out of the pocket as agreed upon by the players.

' Havingthus described the inventiomwhat I claim is 1. In a game apparatus, a fiat inclined base having a continuous flange, a guide partition, said partition comprising an upper elliptical member, a lower elliptical member, and curved sides arranged adjacent the ends of the upperandlower mem bers, the board being" centrally provided with a harp-shaped wall, concentrically arranged wickets upon the base and between the lower portion of the'harp-shaped wall, arbors arranged upon the base and adjacent the wickets, and the said base being provided between the sides of the harp-shaped 1 partition with staggered members.

2. A game apparatus comprisinga flanged board, said board havinga curved partition, the side walls of which are spacedfi awa y from the end walls of the partition, fa harp-shaped wall upon the board, said wall being formedupon its lower rounded face with a pocket, removable wlckets upon th-e board, removable stop members arranged adjacent the wickets, and staggered pins" arranged between the sides of the wall i and away from the wickets and stop mom oers.

3. In game apparatus a flat base having a continuous flange, pockets arranged at the corners of the base, a guidepartition, said partition comprisingan upper elliptical member, a lower elliptical member, and

curved sides arrangedadjacent the ends of the upper and lower members, the board being centrally provided with a harp-shaped wall, the lower rounded portion of the wall being formed with a pocket, removable arbors comprising pockets disposed upon the board and within the rounded portion provided by the wall, substantially U- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 1n presence of two \vltnesses.

FRANK W. KLOCK.

shaped wickets arranged upon the board in spaced relation to the arbors, pivoted members upon the wickets staggered members upon the board and arranged between the sides of the Wall, a stop member above the staggered members, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WVitnesses:

WV. M. NEWMAN, ALBERT D. HIRsonI.

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